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Recruitment crisis: what would make nursing degrees more attractive to students?

UK nursing student enrolments on to nursing degrees courses are down, as a nursing academi

15 Aug 2024
Mary Seacole statue defaced in ‘disgraceful act of vandalism’

Statue of pioneering black nurse Mary Seacole outside St Thomas’ Hospital in London is&nbs

14 Aug 2024
Hospital reviews nursing staff numbers in ED after woman is found dying under her coat

Coroner accepts emergency department (ED) was excessively busy but orde

13 Aug 2024
Consultation opens for you to give your verdict on NHS pay award

RCN opens online consultation from today (8 August) until 16 September

08 Aug 2024

Updated RCN guidance states staff may withdraw care where they feel threatened, but only a

07 Aug 2024
‘I shouldn’t have done it’: nurse who apologised for falsifying time sheets struck off

Denise Balanza falsely claimed pay for ten shifts after facing ‘financial pressures’ a Nur

06 Aug 2024
‘Scared to go to work’: Filipino nurses attacked in city riots

Terrified Filipino nurses were pelted with stones as they travelled to

05 Aug 2024
ICU nurses awarded tens of thousands of pounds in band 6 back pay 

After five-year battle to get their roles moved up from band 5 to 6, job evaluation proces

31 Jul 2024
NHS pay award: are you prepared to accept 5.5% – for now at least?

Nursing leaders seek views on backdated Agenda for Change pay awar

30 Jul 2024
NHS pay offer: is 5.5% enough of a start on the path to pay restoration?

RCN to consult members on announcement, saying pay must be restored after years of stagnat

29 Jul 2024
NMC fitness to practise: 16 nurses under investigation died by suicide in past six years

Nurse regulator confirms registrant deaths while undergoing fitness to practise process, b

24 Jul 2024
Is a 5.5% pay offer on the horizon?

According to reports the NHS pay review body has recommended a rise of

22 Jul 2024

Stark NMC report reveals 25% surge in number of nurses leaving the regis

18 Jul 2024

Marie Curie nurse describes devastating impact of underfunding in end of life care as hospi

17 Jul 2024

Nursing Live takes place at the ACC Liverpool on 23-24 October and will celebrate all thing

16 Jul 2024

Nursing union names its next general secretary as Nicola Ranger, who says new government mu

10 Jul 2024

Nursing leaders call for government to intervene after review 

10 Jul 2024

Falling nursing student numbers prompt innovative university campaign highlighting bre

09 Jul 2024

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